Gray v. Manis

Carley, Justice.

Acting pro se, Charles Gray filed a pleading denominated as an “Injunction and Notice of Misprision of Racketeering,” naming several Fulton County officials and others as defendants. When the case was assigned to Judge Stephanie Manis, Gray moved to recuse her on the ground that she was a material witness as to the existence of the alleged racketeering scheme. Judge Manis denied the recusal motion, and Gray then initiated this mandamus action, seeking to compel her to recuse herself from presiding over his underlying case. The mandamus action was assigned to Judge Jerry…